• 대한한의학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.204-212
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• 2003

Current therapy for acute ischemic stroke is highly focused on neuroprotective agents, and many herbal medicines have been challenged for experimental models. The aim of this study is to investigate whether Angelicae gigantis Radix can protect nerve cells against ischemic neural damage of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in rats' brains. Rats were treated with Angelicae gigantis Radix immediately after 2 hours of MCAO for 7 days. On the 7th day, the brains of the rats were sliced through the hippocampus and dyedby c-Fos immunohistochemistry stain and cresyl violet stain for microscopic examination. The number of viable neurons and c-Fos immunoreactive cells in CA1 regions was counted. MCAO caused significant decrease in density of neurons and c-Fos immunoreactive cells compared to those of sham-operated rats. Administration of Angelicae gigantis Radix significantly elevated MCAO-induced decrease in density of neurons and c-Fos immunoreactive cells. These results suggest that the neuroprotective effect of Angelicae gigantis Radix against focal cerebral ischemia is related to c-Fos gene expression. Thus, these findings indicate that Angelicae gigantis Radix can be used for treatment and prevention of cerebral ischemia.

• 대한한방부인과학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.33-51
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• 2011

Objectives: This study was performed to assess the protective effect of Saengmaek-san (SM) on UVB-induced HaCaT cell damage. Methods: The protective effects of Saengmaek-san(SM) were determined by UVB-induced HaCaT assay. We assessed protective effects of Saengmaek-san (SM) on LDH release and nitrite release from HaCaT. And COX-2, Bcl-2, Bax, $TNF{\alpha}$, c-jun, c-fos, NF-kB, iNOS, Bcl-xL gene expression were determined in HaCaT using real-time PCR method. Results: 1. SM inhibited LDH-release, nitrite production in UVB-exposed HaCaT. 2. SM suppressed the gene expression of COX-2, $TNF{\alpha}$ in UVB-exposed HaCaT. 3. SM increased the gene expression of Bcl-2, Bax, Bcl-xL family protein in UVB-exposed HaCaT. 4. SM suppressed the gene expression of c-jun, c-fos, NF-kB in UVB-exposed HaCaT. Conclusions: The study showed SM inhibited the cell damage in UVB-exposed HaCaT.

• BMB Reports
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.385-390
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• 2019

Leptin, an adipokine regulating energy metabolism, appears to be associated with breast cancer progression. Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) mediates the pathogenesis of breast cancer. The regulation of IGF-1 expression by leptin in breast cancer cells is unclear. Here, we found that leptin upregulates IGF-1 expression at the transcriptional level in breast cancer cells. Activating protein-1 (AP-1)-binding element within the proximal region of IGF-1 was necessary for leptin-induced IGF-1 promoter activation. Forced expression of AP-1 components, c-FOS or c-JUN, enhanced leptin-induced IGF-1 expression, while knockdown of c-FOS or c-JUN abrogated leptin responsiveness. All three MAPKs (ERK1/2, JNK1/2, and p38 MAPK) mediated leptin-induced IGF-1 expression. These results suggest that leptin contributes to breast cancer progression through the transcriptional upregulation of leptin via the MAPK pathway.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.337-343
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• 2002

Objectives: To investigate the distribution of $ER{\alpha}$, $ER{\beta}$, c-fos and c-jun in the uterine myoma and myometrium in oder to know how the tamoxifen cause the growth of myoma. Methods: Myoma and myometrial tissue were obtained from the postmenopausal women treated with tamoxifen in the patients with breast cancer and in the premenopausal patients, who were undergoing myoma of uterus from 1998 through 2000. The espression of each gene was quantitated with quantitative RT-PCR. Results: The expression of $ER{\alpha}$ was slightly increased in the myoma than the myometrium in the proliferative phase, and was slightly decreased in the myometrium than the myoma in the secretory phase. However it was not significant statistically. In the postmemopausal women treated with tamoxifen, $ER{\alpha}$ was expressed in all myoma and myome1rial tissues and the expression was not statistically significant. The expression ofER~ was slightly increased in the myome1rium than the leiomyoma in the proliferative and secretory phase, but it was not significant statistically. In the postmemopausal women treated with tamoxifen, the expression of ER~ was significantly incresed in the myome1rium than the leiomyoma. The expression of c-fos was significantly increased in the myome1rium than the leiomyoma in the proliferative and secretory phase. In the postmemopausal women treated with tamoxifen, the expression of c-fos was slightly increased in the leiomyoma than the myomelrium, however, it was not statistically significant. Conclusion: Tamoxifen may cause the growth of leiomyoma by $ER{\alpha}$ with AP-l pathway reducing the counteraction of 6$ER{\beta}$ to $ER{\alpha}$.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.1053-1058
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• 2010

Glycyrrhizae radix (GR) is an herbal medicine commonly used in East Asia for treating a variety of diseases, including stomach disorders. In this study, the antidepressant-like activity of GR was investigated using the forced swimming test (FST) in rats. After the FST, the expression of c-Fos and corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) was assessed by immunochemistry of brain samples from the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN). The results of the FST showed that a high dose (400 mg/kg) of extract was very effective in reducing immobility(P<0.01), and increased climbing. In addition, treatment with GR (400 mg/kg) significantly decreased the expression of c-Fos and CRF in the PVN, compared to controls. In conclusion, the findings of this study demonstrated that GR effectively reduced behavioral and physiological depression responses in an animal model of depression, suggesting that GR might be useful in the treatment of clinical depression.

• 대한동의생리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한동의생리학회 2005년도 정기총회 및 동계학술대회
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• pp.28-28
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• 2005

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.441-452
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• 1998

이 연구의 목적은 말초조직에 유해 자극을 가하였을 때 중추 신경계내 이차 신경 세포체내에 발현되어 neuronal marker로 사용되고 있는 c-fos를 사용한 면역 조직화학법으로 치아이동시 동반되는 동통의 투사경로의 이해에 도움을 주고자하는 것이다. 생후 9주령의 210gm내외의 Sprague-Dawley계 웅성 백서 21마리를 교정력을 가하지않고 마취만을 시행한 정상 대조군과 교정력 적용 시간 경과에 따라 1시간, 3시간, 6시간, 12시간, 1일, 3일군으로 나누어 각 해당 시간동안 상악 우측 제1 대구치와 상악 우측 측절치사이에 Ni-Ti coil spring를 결찰하여 30gm내외의 지속적인 교정력을 가한 후 희생시켰다. 희생시킨 백서의 뇌간을 적출하여 토끼의 항체를 이용하여 면역화학 염색을 시행하였다. 삼차신경 감각핵군내 부위에 따른 c-fos 면역 반응 세포를 측정하여 교정력 적용 시간 경과에 따른 변화를 관찰하였다. $\cdot$c-fos면역 반응 세포의 배측에서의 분포는 자극측 중위핵과 미측핵의 이행부위에서 시작하여 제1경추 척수 후각에 까지 이어졌는데 가장 많은 분포를 보인 곳은 미측핵의 문측 부위였다. 그리고 주로 I층 과 II층에서 관찰되었다. $\cdot$복측에서의 c-fos면역 반응 세포의 분포는 자극측 중위핵의 미측 부위에서 시작하여 미측핵의 중간부위에 까지 이어졌다. $\cdot$교정력 적용3, 6시간군에서 c-fos면역 반응 세포가 가장 많이 관찰 되었으며 12시간군에서 감소되기 시작하여 1일, 3일군에서는 현저히 감소 하였다. 위로 미루어 볼때 지속적인 교정력에 의한 동통은 중위핵과 미측핵의 이행부위, 미측핵, 제 1경추 척수후각에서 매개되는 것으로 생각된다.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.335-346
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• 2001

This study was performed, using c-fos, to investigate the effect of TENS on pain model induced by capsaicin in spinal level. Twelve rats with 200-250g body weight were randomly divided into three groups: One group which induced by capsaicin, another group which applicated TENS with low frequency(4Hz. 200${\mu}$s, 20min) and the other group which applicated TENS with high frequency(100Hz, 50${\mu}$s, 20 min). The results of this study were as follows: 1. The number of c-fos immunoreactive neurons in superficial dorsal horn was increased markedly 2 hours after capsaicin injection, and decreased gradually from 4 hours to 16 hours after injection. 2. At 2hours after capsaicin injection, both low frequency and high frequency TENS decrease the number of c-fos immunoreactive neurons in superficial dorsal horn .3. In acute pain model, low frequency TENS greatly decrease c-fos expression than high frequency TENS. Therefore. decreasing the number of c-fos immunoreactive neurons which increased after capsaicin injection with application of TENS indicate that both of the TENS have inhibitory effect. In addition. low frequency TENS greatly decreased the number of neurons explains low frequency TENS is more effective than high frequency TENS in acute pain. This study also can become a part of scientific evidence on electrotherapy through measuring quantitively effects of TENS in pain model.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.925-928
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• 1999

The process of transcription is the major point at which gene expression is regulated. The jun and fos families of eukaryotic transcription factor heterodimerize to form complexes capable of binding 5'-TGAGTCA-3'DNA elements (AP-1 binding site). To search for the inhibitors of the jun-fos-DNA complex formation, several natural products extracts were screened and methanol extract of tanshen (the dried roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge) showed remarkable inhibitory activity. The active compounds of the extracts were purified using re-peated column chromatography and recrystallization. Their structures were identified as tanshinone I and tanshinone IIA. Through the electrophoresis mobility shift assay and cell cytotoxicity test, tanshinone I and tanshinone IIA were identified as inhibitors that suppress not only AP-1 function but also the cell proliferation. Tanshinone I also suppressed the jun-fos-DNA complex formation in TPA-induced NIH 3T3 cells.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.247-252
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• 2015

Exercise is one of the most common stressors in horses. Although various physiological parameters such as cortisol respond to exercise, there is no reliable parameter for the measurement of exercise-induced stress in sport horses. This study was performed to discover a new biomarker with high sensitivity for exercise-induced stress. The expression of fos mRNA was increased more than 10-fold in horse blood samples collected after an hour of exercise, as compared with before the exercise. The plasma cortisol levels were also increased after the exercise, but only by about two-fold. The fos mRNA levels were well-correlated with plasma cortisol concentrations. These findings suggest that fos mRNA expression in blood may be useful for the measurement of exercise-induced stress in horses.